I was going to write about how long Push-up Pete and other members of the Trump cabal have to bother testifying before Congress and then Trump came on and launched into a rant. By Hal M. Brown

This was supposed to be a one topic Substack. Thanks to Trump and an unhinged weave I ended up writing about two.

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We learned one thing yesterday about members of Trump’s cabal, sometimes referred to as his Cabinet. They are not all invulnerable. At least not invulnerable to allergy attacks serious enough to require hospitalization. Of course I am referring to Kristi Noem. What I didn’t know until just now is that not only does she like to visit prisons in El Salvador but she, for whatever reason, decided to visit a biohazard lab with Rand Paul and RFK Jr.. (See Newsweek article.)

Perhaps she feels she must live up to her image as being fearless. Consider this from the Newsweek article:

Bruce Levell, an ally of President Donald Trump on X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday: "My dear friend @Sec_Noem, our fearless Secretary of Homeland Security, was just rushed to the hospital. My heart is with her during this challenging time, but I know her strength and determination will shine through.

All this being said, Noem is one of the members of Trump’s Cabal (aka Cabinet) who has testified before Congress.

My point is that we will know when Trump has firmed up his dictatorship 100% when he tells members of his cabal to ignore Congress when they are asked to testify.

Today I thought of writing this while watching MSNBC this morning and saw this:

He’s on as I write this:

In case you wonder why I call Hegseth “Puch-up Pete” here’s a photo:

He’s competing onscreen with Trump who is talking about the glorious giant two flagpoles -with his blah blah blag braggadocio abut how great they will be.

He’s throwing in something about the fake news and the Fed lowering rates, he’s rambling on insulting Jerome Powell, abruptly shifts to talking about the best poles in the world, blah blah. He’s distracting me with the weave. He’s now insulting Biden and everyone who pops into his mind.

Holy shit… I can’t even get through writing a Substack while MSNBC is on without being led into my own “weave” thanks to Trump and his weave.

He even compliments the construction workers and gets them to laugh and throws in Harvey Weinstein and talks about the word erection without saying it. He calls it the e-word. I wasn’t going to use the image below. I made it yesterday to post in a comment on a RawStory article about the flags:

Shit, he’s still rambling on and trying to joke with the construction workers about what would happen if any of them are illegal immigrants. He is now touting the $5 million Trump Card which would allow foreigners to buy their way into the country.

This is pure Trump. Perhaps he was frustrated when he couldn’t unleash his vitriol in his mercifully brief parade speech.

He just blasted Biden for having no clue and the autopen and men playing in women’s sports.

Thank you, MSNBC, for restoring my sanity as they just cut away from the rant.

Okay, I can’t resist reflecting on Trump’s bringing up the e-word. Trump is obsessed with size. He just admitted that he knows damn well what he admires about how big, tall, and upright his glorious flagpoles are going to be.

I wonder if he knows that at 100 feet it doen’t come close to being the world’s tallest flagpole (see list). The tallest is 662 feet and is in Cario. Now, that a damn tall flagpole (watch video).

Here’s a minute long segment of his “weave” rant:

Now I can have Ann proofread this for typos and send it to you.

Update: By the end of the day the flagpole story was a source of amusement on MSNBC. Michael Steele said that at least for a few hours the world was safe as Trump dealt with his flagpoles.

Please…

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